Realty Census
How many real estate agents are there, by state and city
Every "how many realtors are there" article quotes NAR's membership figure. That is a count of association members, not of working agents, and it says nothing about your city. Realty Census counts what is actually visible: agents with a published profile on a brokerage website (plus licence-register entries in Michigan), tallied on a fixed date and published by state, city and brokerage.
The September 12, 2026 count is 493,140 agents across 21 brands. Every state and DC has a page, as do 1,047 cities with 100 or more agents and 705 brokerages with 25 or more, plus brand head-to-head comparisons, "best brokerage to join" pages for each state and a commission split calculator. Every page shows the counting method, and the site publishes aggregates only: no individual agent data.
It is a reference site: free, no signup, no ads, built for journalists, brokerage owners, recruiters and agents choosing where to hang their licence.